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Friday, 15 January 2016

From DaveB - More Catachans - 28mm Imperial Guardsmen (215 points)

I did not win the lottery draw, so I won't be traveling to England this
year for Salute, the Bovington Tank museum, nor teaching Ray how to run a
5k through the woods the Potawatomi way. ;)

It's a little
overcast today in Michigan as icy rain is forecasted, so these are all
going to be a touch dark. I changed up my 5 layer flesh mix for the
first squad pictured above. Death World vets are allowed LRPs for fast
attack. These fellows are proficient at scouting and harassing enemy
forces. They will set up ambushes and begin the game hidden in the
jungle. It's a longstanding tradition that the first squad/first platoon
is not the best. Above is Bravo Patrol they have a six layer mix of
green for skin tone and black ink to give them the illusion of
camouflage paint. The vet Sgt carries a long bladed Catachan knife in
addition to his lasgun and they have a melta-gun as a special weapon
choice.

My daughter has dubbed them the Poinsettia squad as their
refusal to change up the traditional Catachan red bandannas has left
them looking like that Christmas plant.

Alpha Squad, or Apache Squad have a bolt pistol armed Sgt with a flamer
for a special weapon. They sport warpaint from inks and are entirely
formed from the plastic Catachans. They do mock the Poinsettia Bravo
squad as much as possible.

This is both the LRPs pictured together. I recently discovered P3 Coal Black which is a nice blue black and is great for a base coat for NMM painting. The two squads also got a wash of nuln oil on all except flesh areas as it really helped to tone down my highlighting.

Above is LT G "Cud"-Bear of Second Platoon with the 1st squad. 1st squad
has a vet Sgt with las pistol and chain sword (really good for carving a
path) a melta gunner and a heavy flamer. 1st squad also has a com link
trooper for the PL to contact higher.

2nd platoon 3rd squad has a vet Sgt with bolt pistol and chain sword, a
plasma gunner and a heavy flamer. The Chainsaw warrior, heavy flamer and
two bare chested helmeted troops are the oldest GW figures that I own
besides a few marines and eldar. This is also the first time they have
ever been painted as I have long since given up on ever finding the
chainsaw warrior game, as well as the other figures.

A close up of some of my work, The chainsaw warrior has a red band as he didn't have a bandanna.

This army has enough painted models to be legal now with a HQ, two troop
choices, two fast attack, and two elite. They can purchase a heavy
support by way of traps.

Besides changing up my NMM for these
fellows, I also had to change the basing as GW no longer makes graveyard
earth. I used "Stirland Mud" which has clumps of grainy pigment in it
which can be broken down by adding more water. This makes it easy to
have grainy, thick rocky mud or a skim coating of dark earth. I dipped
the models in my flock after painting the bases and allowed the paint to
stick to the paint. after drying I tapped off the excess than placed a
few drops of PVA for static grass clumps. I will have to change this as
one of my friends just told me the technical line was just dropped.
Really!?!

I better go see if I can find some more, in the meanwhile....

43 Catachan infantry.

PS: Millsy, I just found an unpainted Perry Catachan tank commander - the one with the helmet - if you want him, I will see about sending him to OZ.

Holy cow - I've clearly been some kind of snob when it comes to the Catachans, as there is obviously a lot of appreciation for them out there when you look through the Challenge. Dave, another excellent entry. Your appreciation for the setting and the character of the figures really comes through in your posts, and your brush work is top shelf. You shame my Catachan cynicism! Very cool to see the Chainsaw Warrior in the group - excellent work fitting him in!

The technical line has been dropped? After being on sale for a couple of months? With no explanation or reason? I don't know, but that sounds like the way the ass clown collection in charge of GW rolls. Watch for them to appear in a special "legacy paints" collection in two years for four times the price...

Another big batch of points Dave - 215 for the pile - keep up the good work.

29 comments:

I never thought it would happen, but you've totally converted me to Catachan plastics Dave. These are just *beautiful* and if anything even better than the last set.

I'm seriously keen to add to my force again now with a couple of extra squads of vets made up from Rogue Trader sculpts after seeing yours. Using that chainsaw warrior is genius! I should probably paint Schaeffer's Last Chancers first though :-)

What's next? I'm bouncing up and down in anticipation...

PS. Regards the tank commander, you are most generous mate and I'll definitely take him off your hands! I'll have to find something to send back in return and I'm sure I can come up with a fair swap. Curt, this kind of camaraderie is exactly why I love the challenge so much!

Thanks! The command squad and heavy weapon squad have the improved plastic sculpts and I highly recommend them for mixing with the squad Catachans. I also highly recommend tooling up and repurposing minis for the Catachan Devils as they are loaded for hunting stuff bigger than bears! ;)I glad you can use the tanker as mine are pure infantry and he does need a ride! I'll begin getting his VISA in order. ;)

Thanks, Clint! That is the very reason as I like them too. Plus the whole Sly Marbo and other Rambo riffs. Kinda why I liked the Necromundia stuff too. ( House Escher, es-Cher; Mad-Donna, Madonna) I just enjoy the whole playing with words and imagery. ;)